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Columbia protesters 'face expulsion' if they don't leave occupied campus building

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'This is about responding to the actions of the protesters, not their cause,' the university said.

Share on linkedin Demonstrators from the pro-Palestine encampment on Columbia's campus show a banner as they barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall on April 30. Photo: Alex Kent/Getty Imagesbarricaded entrances of a building on the Ivy League campus in Manhattan in the middle of the night after the university beganthe students' takeover of the campus building, saying, "Forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful — it is wrong.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement that "President Biden respects the right to free expression, but protests must be peaceful and lawful."There was a growing police presence outside Columbia on Tuesday evening, with trucks carrying barricades arriving in the area, NBC NewsTuesday that "professional, external actors" are involved in escalating the campus protests, including in the occupation of the university building.

 

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